앰코테크놀로지 김주진 회장, Temple University로부터 명예경영학박사학위 받아

미국 현지시각으로 5월 8일, 김주진 회장은 미국 펜실베이니아주 소재 ‘템플 유니버시티(Temple University)’로부터 명예경영학박사 학위를 받았다. 1990년 빌라노바대학교(Villanova University)에서 명예경제학박사, 1996년 전남대학교에서 명예경제학박사에 이은 세 번째 명예박사학위다.

이번에 김주진 회장에게 명예경영학박사를 수여하는 템플 유니버시티는 현지시각으로 5월 8일 오전 10시 필라델피아 메인 캠퍼스에서 128번째 졸업식 행사를 개최하며, 김주진 회장의 뛰어난 업적과 지원에 명예박사학위를 수여함을 영광으로 생각한다고 언급했다. 더불어 닐 디 테오 볼드 총장은 “올해 명예학위자는 매우 성공적으로 인정받는 국내외 영향력 있는 분들”이라고 설명하며 “가장 직업적인 전문가이고 지적이고 인도주의적이며 예술적 성취는 물론 리더십이 뛰어난 지도자”이며, “대학의 이념을 이러한 훌륭한 분들에게 전달하는 것을 매우 자랑스럽게 생각한다.”고 밝혔다.

템플 유니버시티는 미국 필라델피아 소재의 공립 종합대학교로, 지난 1884년 법률가이자 침례교 목사였던 러셀 H.콘웰(Russell H. Conwell)에 의해 설립된 ‘템플 컬리지(Temple College)’가 그 전신이다. 미국에서 26번째로 규모가 큰 대학인 템플 유니버시티는 현재 5개 전문대학원을 포함해 17개 대학 및 대학원으로 구성되어 있으며, 펜실베이니아주 전역에 총 6개의 캠퍼스 및 교육 시설이 있고 로마와 도쿄 등 여러 나라에 해외 캠퍼스를 두고 있다. 또한 경영학, 교육학, 보건 분야의 명성이 높은 것으로도 잘 알려졌다.

posted on the website of Temple University, March 31, 2015

Temple to confer three honorary degrees at 2015 Commencement

- Malcolm Hoenlein, James Joo-Jin Kim and Kevin Negandhi celebrated for their outstanding achievements

Three prominent figures, with deep ties to the Philadelphia area, will be honored during Temple University’s 128th Commencement ceremony on May 8 at 10 a.m. in the Liacouras Center on Temple’s Main Campus in Philadelphia.

Malcolm Hoenlein, CLA ’65, and Kevin Negandhi, SMC ’98, both Temple alumni, and James Joo-Jin Kim will be honored for outstanding achievements and service.

 

“This year’s honorary degree recipients are highly successful national and international leaders and influencers,” said President Neil D. Theobald. “Our graduating students will be inspired and motivated by their extraordinary determination and achievement, and their take-charge approach to their careers and lives.”

 

Each year Temple confers honorary degrees to individuals who exemplify the highest professional, intellectual, humanitarian or artistic achievement and leadership.

 

“We are very proud to recognize three individuals whose values and triumphs truly embody the mission and ideals of our university,” Theobald said.

 

Malcolm Hoenlein, described as one of the most influential people in the U.S. and the most powerful Jewish leader in the Western world, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. He is frequently called upon by national and international leaders to consult about the State of Israel and Arab-Israeli relations. For nearly three decades, Hoenlein has been executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella organization on international and national concerns for 52 national Jewish organizations. Raised in Philadelphia, he received his BA in political science from Temple University and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of International Relations.

 

Executive chairman of Amkor Technology, Inc. and co-founder of Electronics Boutique, James Joo-Jin Kim will receive an honorary doctorate of business. Kim and his wife founded Electronics Boutique in 1977, and turned one kiosk in the King of Prussia Mall into an international corporation with 2,000 stores. They took the company public in 1998 and in 2005 it merged with GameStop. Amkor Technology, one of the world's leading suppliers of outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services, was based in the Philadelphia area for more than 30 years before relocating to Arizona. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, Kim worked for his father’s Korea-based company, Anam Electronics. He established Amkor as the U.S. base for Anam and grew it to a publicly traded $3.1 billion company.

 

Weekday morning anchor on ESPN’s flagship SportsCenter, Kevin Negandhi, will deliver the 2015 Commencement Address and receive an honorary doctorate of communication. Negandhi, who is from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, began his meteoric rise as a sports reporter while a student at Temple. He worked as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, stringer for USA Today, sports director of Temple's student-run newscast, Temple Update, and sports editor of The Temple News. After a successful career as anchor and director at several local TV stations, Negandhi landed at ESPN. The first anchor of Indian-American descent on a national sports network in American television history, Negandhi has also hosted other ESPN shows including Baseball Tonight, NFL Live, College Football Live and Outside the Lines.   (Hedy Taub Baker)